Assorted documents mainly regarding fires and fire management in New South Wales, 2003-2010

Containers:

Box 25 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 307

Content Summary:

Handwritten notes regarding hazard reduction burning and fire management policies.

Documents (with covering letter) produced by the Coolong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. Documents include newsletter "The Coolong Bulletin", and two briefing papers "Kosciuszko's Future: Planning and management" and "Priority actions", 2003.

Emails containing "Namadgi report" by Ian Fraser regarding bushfires in the Brindabella section of the Namadgi National Park; and Bushfire record from Yarrangobilly for the last 250,000 years by John Hellstrom.

Correspondence regarding proposed sewer works in Bodalla. Includes letter (on New South Wales Public Works department letterhead) from Ross Bailey to A.B. and B.N. Costin. Also includes one questionnaire and five photocopies and a draft of a letter to the attention of Mark Hopkinson, Eurobodalla Shire Council, from Alec Costin, 2009 - 2010.

Snowy Mountains fires: Community information update from Jindabyne fire control, 6 February 2003.

Independent Scientific Committee: Interim advice on potential effect of fires on values of Kosciuszko National Park, 2003.

"What is the NPWS role in fighting fires?" by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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